Example sentences of "[num ord] [pers pn] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	Applying those tests , first you did not substitute your own decision for that of the parent .
2	At first she did not recognize herself .
3	At first she did not notice him standing there near her cage in the darkening gloom but when she did she did something he had never seen her do in all the years he had watched her .
4	Alice up North , back to her father 's territory though at first she did not see this .
5	At first she did not recognise the man 's .
6	At first she did not let them in ‘ because I thought they were drunks from the pub next door ’ .
7	At first we did not believe him .
8	At first they did not speak to each other .
9	At first they did not identify the noise , or what it signified .
10	At first it did not respond .
11	At first he did not recognize the tune , and then he caught its cadences .
12	At first he did not identify Maud Bailey , and he himself was not in any way remarkable , so that they were almost the last pair at the wicket gate .
13	At first he did not understand what had been said .
14	‘ What happened next I do not know , ’ said the servant , ‘ but a year later she came to our house here and threw herself into the mistress 's arms and begged her to take her in .
15	Then when I came to the third I did not like it .

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